Amazon Prime Music ties up with IPRS for more than one million Indian tracks

Amazon Prime Music in India will get access to more than a million works/titles spread across multiple languages, eras and genres of Indian music

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The Indian Performing Right Society (IPRS) on Monday said it has joined hands with Amazon India for its ad-free music streaming service, Amazon Prime Music. As part of the deal, Amazon Prime Music in India will get access to more than a million works/titles spread across multiple languages, eras and genres of Indian music, IPRS said in a statement.

IPRS is the sole authorised body to issue licences for usage of musical works and literary music within India. The body collects royalties from users of such content, for and on behalf of its members which include the authors, composers and the publishers of music and distributes this royalty amongst them. This deal is one the biggest of its nature in the digital content publishing in India, IPRS said. Also read: Amazon Prime Video service will soon expand its Indian regional content

Prime Music service has been formally launched for Amazon customers in India. Part of the Amazon Prime service, Prime Music will directly compete against the likes of Saavn, Gaana, Wynk, Google Play Music and Apple Music. Advertisement-free, unlimited audio streaming and download on Prime is part of the Rs. 999 subscription plan which includes faster shipping on Amazon.in, unlimited video streaming services on Prime video and now Prime Music.

To access Prime Music, users can visit music.amazon.in or download the Amazon Music app on Android or iOS. Earlier Amazon Music service was only limited to Echo device owners in India but is now available on the web and mobile platforms.

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